Re: Path Names from QSYLOBJA

[Scott Klement <klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 24 Jun 2003, Paul Tuohy wrote:
>
> I am using the QSYLOBJA (List Objects a User is Authorized to, Owns, or
> Is Primary Group Of) with format OBJA0110 to retrieve a list of IFS
> objects owned by a user profile.
>
> The returned list is not in any sequence. Any suggestions as to the best
> way to get it into name sequence? (Database, User Index.......)

I think I'd probably use qsort()  Though, a user index might also be a
possibility.

>
> Also, any idea what the maximum size of a path name is?
>

I didn't think there was a maximum size?   It's probably a good idea to
use a method that doesn't limit you to a certain size if that's possible.

I assume that this API returns data in the standard "list API" format?
If so, the API should return header information into the user space, one
of the fields in that header info should be the "size of each entry".
Then, use that "size of each entry" to create your temporary user index,
and/or to be the size used by qsort(), etc.

That's why I prefer these methods over a database.  You don't have to
hard-code a limit to the size of the pathnames...